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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11336
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14204
13 Actual Demand 11053
14 Aggregate Planning 11987
15 Air Cargo 9899
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6511
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34648
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15234
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19013
20 Assembly Line 21836
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22758
22 Average Speed of Answer 26431
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22831
24 Batch Production 37867
25 Bill Discounting 14267
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10969
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6992
28 Blanket Release 9837
29 Bonded Warehouse 9927
30 Booking Number 13538
31 Bottleneck 9327
32 Buffer Stock 58640
33 Build to Stock 12790
34 Bullwhip Effect 9386
35 Business Logistics 25294
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12398
37 Capacity Management 39922
38 Capacity Utilization 13888
39 Capital Intensive 8207
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8510
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11943
42 Certified Supplier 8862
43 Channel Effectiveness 8824
44 Co-Destiny 9124
45 Co-managed Inventory 12297
46 Co-Packers 11618
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6703
48 Computer-Based Training 7565
49 Consular Invoice 19477
50 Container Depot 10455
51 Container Freight Station 10182
52 Continuous Replenishment 19300
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11916
54 Contract Carrier 7242
55 Contract of Affreightment 11271
56 Control Charts 7832
57 Cost Flow 10142
58 Courier Service 15007
59 CPFR 8081
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11624
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43687
62 Date Code 17937
63 Days of Supply 19615
64 Dead on Arrival 9048
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7163
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7956
67 Detective Control 8766
68 Devanning 14079
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10698
70 Dispatching 23989
71 Distributed Inventory 8226
72 Distribution Channel Management 34340
73 Distribution Metrics 8873
74 Distribution Planning 24012
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14991
76 Double Marginalization 52377
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22110
78 Dual 5341
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20415
80 Echelon Inventory 25961
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38068
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49193
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7486
84 Efficient Frontier 25181
85 Engineer-to-Order 31451
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16124
87 Erlang B Formula 9191
88 ETD 8176
89 Ex Works 7731
90 Exception Rate 13270
91 Exponential smoothing 9696
92 External Growth 9910
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9287
94 Field Services 7643
95 Field Warehouse 9772
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8566
97 Fishbone Diagram 14436
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26725
99 Flow Through Distribution 12145
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8019
101 FOB Destination 12831
102 Forward buying 29851
103 Freight Charge 10186
104 Freight Consolidation 7405
105 Gantt Chart 8184
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11550
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29330
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12524
109 Hub 23188
110 Idle Time 7937
 
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